It seems that you've been living...

...two lives.

In one life, you're Thomas A. Anderson...

...program writer for a respectable software company.

You have a social security number. You pay your taxes.

And you...

...help your landlady carry out her garbage.

The other life is lived in computers...

...where you go by the hacker alias "Neo"...

...and are guilty of virtually every computer crime we have a law for.

One of these lives...

...has a future.

And one of them does not.

I'm going to be as forthcoming as I can be, Mr. Anderson.

You're here...

...because we need your help.

We know that you've been contacted by a certain...

...individual.

A man who calls himself "Morpheus."

Whatever you think you know about this man is irrelevant.

He is considered by many authorities...

...to be the most dangerous man alive.

My colleagues...

...believe that I am wasting my time with you.

But I believe you wish to do the right thing.

We're willing to wipe the slate clean...

...give you a fresh start.

All we're asking in return is your cooperation...

...in bringing a known terrorist to justice.

Yeah.

That sounds like a really good deal.

But I got a better one.

How about...

...I give you the finger...

...and you give me my phone call.

Mr. Anderson...

...you disappoint me.

You can't scare me with this gestapo crap.

I know my rights.

I want my phone call.

Tell me, Mr. Anderson...

...what good is a phone call...

...if you're unable to speak?

You're going to help us, Mr. Anderson...

...whether you want to or not.